Call-prep brief · checked 2026-10-07

Southeast Area Transit District

Grade B · 80.2 / 100

Unchanged since 2026-10-06.

For this call: lead with the grade and the three fixes below, then confirm the feed is current and the NTD details line up. Each fix is framed as a next step, not a failure.

What changed since the last check

Correctness no change
Freshness no change
Rider experience no change

Top three things to fix

Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.
608 of 610 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there. Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all.
Fixing this covers 608 of 610 stops, nearly all of them.
Effort: A column in stops.txt; your scheduling software likely has it.
Re-generate shape_dist_traveled on export so stop and shape distances use the same units.
On some trips the stop distances run a little past the end of the route line. The stop and shape distance values don't quite line up, so any math that uses them can drift.
This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.
Effort: Usually an export-tool fix, not hand editing.
Turn on shape cleanup in your export tool, or drop the repeated points from shapes.txt.
Some route lines list the same point twice in a row. Repeated points don't hurt riders, but they can skew distance math and hint at a shaky export.
This is a validator notice, and the validator decides what each instance covers, so no share of the network can be read from it here.
Effort: Usually one export setting.

Riders and need behind these fixes

This feed carries no National Transit Database ID, so annual rider-trips are not known for it.
Connecticut as a whole measures lower on transit need. That is a statewide reading, not one for this feed's service area. Source: US Census ACS 5-year 2022, statewide overlay, as of 2026-10-05.

These describe this feed only. They do not rank agencies, and they do not change the grade or the order of the fixes.

Finding handoff

Move one finding to a recheck

Select one finding. Copy the request, make the change in the feed-producing tool, then compare the next complete run.

Feed evidence: 608 of 610 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.
Next action: Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.
Recheck: Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.

Copy handoff text

Agency: Southeast Area Transit District
Finding: scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown
Feed evidence: 608 of 610 stops don't say whether a wheelchair user can board there.
Why it matters: Riders who use wheelchairs can't plan a trip when accessibility is marked 'unknown'; apps show no information at all.
Requested change: Set wheelchair_boarding to 1 (accessible) or 2 (not accessible) for every stop. A field survey can start with the busiest stops.
Recheck: Publish the changed feed at the same URL. On the next complete, comparable scorecard run, confirm that this finding is no longer reported.
Evidence: https://gtfsscorecard.org/agency/southeast-area-transit-district-2240/?finding=scorecard_wheelchair_boarding_unknown#finding-handoff

NTD GTFS readiness: Ready

Published at a public URL, valid, current, and identified with agency_id: the four feed checks for RY2026 all hold here. Only your own D-10 and P-50 filings make that official; this is a heads-up, not a determination.

Published Ready: Published at a public URL.
Valid Ready: Passes validation with no errors.
Current Ready: Service data covers the next 263 days.
agency_id provided Ready: agency.txt provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk each value on the P-50 form.

agency_id equals NTD ID (optional): Not checked yet. This feed provides agency_id. For RY2026, keep one stable value for each NTD reporter represented in the feed and crosswalk it on the P-50 form. The value does not need to equal the five-digit NTD ID; we do not have that ID on file, so the optional equality comparison is not checked yet.

Key facts

Feed URL: https://gtfs.remix.com/seat_preston_ct_us.zip
Last checked: 2026-10-07
Service window: 263 days of service data remain. Last service date 2027-06-27.
Feed version: Updated: Aug 13, 2026, 2:24 PM
Location: Connecticut

Part of the Connecticut portfolio: see where this agency sits among the other feeds in that group before the call.

A data-quality and completeness read to support an agency conversation. Not an official compliance determination. Rubric v1.4, validator 8.0.1.